Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-10-30

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Vol. 21, No. 44
COIiCMBOS, OHIO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1942
Devoted    to    Amnrlran and   Jewish   Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Rverywhere By  Phlnens ,1.  Blron
Professor Describes "Jewish Traits" As "Bunk"
ODDMENTS
Rl We pass on to you the bright idea of a New York Post reader who suggests that the $750 000 in American railway and other bonds that Gory   Goering    hag cached in this country be   con¬ verted Into U, S, -War Bond,s , . . Can it be done, Mr. Enemy Alien Property   Custodian?   .   .   . We wonder  whether    the    refugee children that are being talcen in¬ to tills country from France will be   distributed   among   private families, a system which has not proved too successful so far , , , Isn't It about time to establish well-directed children's homes in which the youngsters could get uniformly good care and educa¬ tion, instead of being dependent on the uncertain private family lives of a country that i.s being mobilized   for total  war? Samuel    D,  Leldesdorf,  one of the leaders of the American Jew¬ ish Committee, is the treasurer of  the  Committee  for  Refugee Education,   which   teaches   the newoomers    to our shores not only language of our country but also American customs, history etc        .  Winiheli  passes on a rumor that Hitler has had a re¬ modeling Job done on  his chin and  nose,  and  Is   now   taking piano lessons  In  the  confident expectation   of   becoming   the •yirorld's, greatest pianist ere long .'; ,.'.¦. Wliy, aslca Harry .Hershfield, ¦'does'HlUei' want hia plaije In the sun, seeing as he's crazy with the heat right now — or is he in Russia just to cool off? . , , TO BB NOTED
(^ A recent Issue of the Con¬ gressional Record published in extenso an address by the bril¬ liant attorney Louis Nizer on tlie subject of the Jewish Army , , , Which reminds us that Admiral Yates Sterling, former Chief of Staff of the U. S. Fleet, address¬ ed a mass meeting under the auspices of the Montreal B'nai B'rith not long ago, and in his speech advocated a Jewish Army of Palestinian and stateless Jews for purely strategic military rea. sons . , , November ]7th will be National Proclamation Day, sponsored by the Committee for a Jewish Army . . , Dinners will be held on that day in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, St, Louis and Los Angeles , , , A Proclamation on the moral rights of stateless and Palestin¬ ian Jews, signed by outstanding Americans, will be read over a National hook-up by film star Melvyn Douglas , , . Intrtdenlal- ly, Douglas will probably return to his Civilian Defense post In Washington after he finishes his next picture . . . That is, unless the U. S, Army accepts him for seiTlce , . . We're told the Army has already turned him down twice, but he's going to make, another attempt to enlist READER'S GUIDE IIS Live and learn . . . until we read of the award of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity's New Orleans Trophy for 1042 to Cecil Brown we had no Idea that this noted foreign correspondent was Jew¬ ish . . . Brown, you remember, created quite a sensation with his reportage of the sinking of the British warship Repulse at Singapore early this year . . . His adventures as a Columbia Broadcasting System correspon¬ dent In this war, by the way, are related In his book "Suez to (Continued on Page Five)
8HE WILL RPEAK HERE NEXT TUESDAY EVENING AT BRYDEN RD. TEMPLE
WASHINGTON, D. C.:—"It's all bunk — plain and unadulter¬ ated".
That was the answer given in an Interview by Dr. Rudolf Plnt- ner, non-Jewish professor of psy¬ chology at Columbia University, when he was asked whether there was any scientificr basis for the anti-Semitic charge that loud¬ ness, vulgarity, money-minded- ness, etc, are "Jewish traits,"
He was Interviewed by Dr, Joseph Tenenbaum, an a.s.'iistant professor of psychology, for the November issue of The National Jewish Monthly, published by B'nai B'rlth. According to Dr. PIntner, this type of traits is a matter of environment. Is not peculiar to Jew.s or any other group, and is to be found in all individuals who experience simi¬ lar   childhood   conditions,
"If a child is brought up in an environment", he said, "where great emphasis is placed on taciturnity, on Immaculate clothes, on polished shoes, be^ will, when he grows up, observe such habits and value such con¬ duct,
"Place a European child in a Chinese home and he will grow up eating with chop sticks and talking Chinese, Place a Chin¬ ese child in an English home, and he will develop Anglo-Saxon habits In food and tlress and de¬ portment. TaKe the child .from the' JungIe-'attaT:aIse'hrift'ih:an Amerttan home and he'will grow up liking ice cream, movies and baseball.
'^ut all this has nothing to do with the racial characteristics. It has only to do with environment¬ al mores. As for Jewish traits— in the sense of their being inher¬ ent and inborn — psychology has not discovered any such thing."
ARMY m NAVY COMMIHEE ROLE WILL BE DISCUSSED AT JEWISH WELFARE BDARD CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS NOV. 7-8TH
War-Time Problems Occupy Union Exec. Board Meeting
Giving special attention to the war-time problems of the Union of American Hebrew Congrega¬ tions and its 330 member con¬ gregations, the Executive Board of the Union will meet this Sun¬ day, Nov. 1, at the Netherland Plaza Hottj in Cincinnati, O.
Over twenty-five members of the Board from all over the coun¬ try will convene for the sessions. Mr. Adolph Rosenberg, Chair¬ man of the Board, has Issued a call for this regular meeting, which though regular In Its term, is special In the business to be considered. Simon Lazar¬ us, a member of this board, will attend  the  conference.
The Union Board will discuss the Important matters of Jewish Chaplains for the armed forces and how to provide Jewish lead¬ ership for the congregations whose rabbis are on leave of ab¬ sence for service in the forces.
Rabbinical Pensions, the pro¬ posed Reform magazine and the enlargement of the Executive Board will be discussed.
Also on the agenda is the dis¬ cussion of the 38th Council of the Union, scheduled In Toronto for Feb. 1SM3. The session will last all day-
CeciUa R.izov8ky
So Ihat all Jewi.sh women, their husbands and friends fnay have an opportunity to hear a most important message by one of the country's leading authori¬ ties on refugee problems, the local section. National Council of Jewish Women will meet next Tue.sday evening instead of the regular afternoon meet¬ ing. Tho speaker on that occas¬ ion will be Miss Cecelia Uazov- sky, a nationally prominent so¬ cial worker of New York City and assistant to the Executive Director of the National Refugee Service, She is now serving as liaison representative of'the Na-
local -conimuAities and, official Washington on probleihs affect¬ ing the status ol refugees in the United States,
For 15 years. Miss Razovsky held important positions in the National Council of Jewish Women, where her last post wti.s that of Associate Director. Space does not permit enumerating the many Important posts has held In national organiza¬ tions, sectarian and non-secuir- ian, interested in the foreign born.
However, we do want to. im¬ press upon the local Jewish com¬ munity that Miss Razovsky's talk next Tuesday, 8:15 P. M., at the Bryden Road Temple, 925 Bryden Rd., should not be miss-, ed by any Jewish man or woman in our community. It wilt be a rare treat that few can afford to overlook.
The Army and Navy program of the Jewish Welfare "Board will be dl.scusised fully at the Sunday evening dinner session of the Fourth Annual confer¬ ence of the Midwest Section of the Jewish Welfare Board, .sche- duletl at Ihe Deshler-Wallick Ho¬ tel. Nov. 7th and Rth, It was an¬ nounced this week.
Louis Kraft, who will deliver the principal address at this din ner session, is a member of the Executive Council of National U. S. O. and one of lhc organiz¬ ers of the U. R. O. program
The ("onferonce will open on Saturday evening wilh a dlstrus- sion on "What Is Democracy? How Can We Make It Work?" Eugene T. Lies of Cleveland autlior of a book by the same title, and Executive Director of tho Occupational l*lanning Com mittee of Greater Cleveland, is to open fhe session. Discussion on the subject will be continued by Joslah E. Brill of Minneapo Ils, Robert Hess of Milwaukee and Miriam Ephraim of Pitts burgb.
Sunday morning, at 9 o'clock, a round table on the relationship of the Center program to J. W B. - U. S. O. will be led by Harry Schaeffer of Pittsburgh, Mr. Schaeffer Is Past Commander of the Jewish War, yeterans.   At
ter Jaffe, President of the Cin¬ cinnati Jewish Center, with E, J. Schanfarber of Columbus as one of the discussants. George n. Mayer, of Cleveland, 0., will present a report on the study matle by (he Personnel Commit¬ tee, which is to be discussed as a panel at 3:-l5 P. M.
Tho Columbus Jewish Com¬ munity will hold a reception for all visiting delegates at the Deshler on Saturday evening, at in o'clock, following the open¬ ing session. The local commit¬ tees are headed by the follow¬ ing:
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Ing, H, S. iSubrini of Akroii' o:. who is president of Trl-City Camp, will lead the discussion. At 10:30 A. M,, Mrs. Samuel R, Glogower, President of the Jew ish Community Center of De¬ troit and Chairman of the Na licinal Committee dealing with ,lewish Women in War Industry he' i-s lo lead a dLscussion on Youth l'iogram.s. Rabbi Harry Kaplan, (if Ohio State University Hillel Foundation, will be a ili.scussant. At 2 P. M., a .session on the Center and Community Rela lions will be conducted by Les-
A. A. Sisterhood Will Dedicate Service Plaque Sunday
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"Hospitality and Arrangemetitsi' Mrs  Louis Mark; Plibliclty and ' Credentials, Ben f^eustadt. Reg¬ istration, Ann Schanfarber, Ex¬ hibits, Ben Yenkin.
The program is being organi¬ zed by a Committee headed by Josiah E. Brill of Minneapolis. Theodore R. Dann of Indianapo¬ lis, is President of the Midwest Section. Other officers are Ar¬ thur J. Freund ot St. Louis, George B. Mayer of Cleveland, Hyman S. Subrin of Akron, Vice Presidents: Allan Bloom of In¬ dianapolis, Secretary-Treasurer.
HE WILL ADDRESS MASS
MEETING HERE TUESDAY
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It Is yoor Patriotic Duty
to Vote next Tuesday, November 3rd
The dedication of a Service Plaque, upon which will appear the names of those in the armed forces from the Agudath Achim congregation, will feature the 38th annual dinner program of the Sisterhood this Sunday eve ning, Nov. 1, in the social ball of the synagogue. The affair, which is to begin at (5 o'clock, is open to the public.
The plaque dedication, cere¬ monies will be in charge of Mrs, Sam Goldman and the Invocation is to be given by Mrs- M. Hirsch sprung. The main address of the evening will be delivered by Rabbi M. Hirschsprung who has chosen tor his subject "The Need of the Hour".
Also to be heard during the evening's program are Cantor P. Gellman, vocal selections, and Mrs. Joseph Schwartz will lead the group singing. Mrs. M. Kan¬ ter win be the toastmistress.
M. Rubenstein
The 25th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration will be ob¬ served at the Agudath Achim Open Forum mass-meeting to be held next Tuesday evening, Nov. 3rd, at 8 o'clock, at the Syna¬ gogue. Mr. M. Morton Ruben, stein, director of the Religious Groups Contact Department of the Jewish National Fund and member of the administrative Committee of the American Jew ish Congress, will be the princi pal speaker. This observance of the 25th Balfour Day is in con¬ formity with a resolution adopt¬
ed al the recent Zionist conven¬ tion together wilh a proclama¬ tion issued to all Zionist groups in   this  country.
Mr. Rubenstein, is a well known Zionist leader in New York. He was former editor of the Anglo Jewish monthly, "The Courier", and now on the Edi¬ torial Board of the "Jewish Out¬ look". He is a veteran of the first World War and was a dele¬ gate to many Zionist congresses. Having travelled extensively abroad, Including Palestine, he is well versed in Zionist affairs and his message should be of great interest to Columbus Jewry.
Also lo be heard on the pro¬ gram are Rabbi M. Hirschsprung, w"ho will give a short address oil the recent Zionist convention held in New York, and Cantor Ph. Gellman, who will render several musical selections. Elec¬ tion returns are also to be beard by  radio during the evening.
The public is invited.
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